The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships

The 1975 have shared a new song called “Give Yourself a Try.” It’s the first single from their upcoming album A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships. The track premiered on Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 show. Listen to the song and find its lyrics and artwork below.

During the band’s appearance on the program, Matty Healy revealed the new album is due out in October, with a follow-up—titled Notes on a Conditional Form—planned for May 2019. “Give Yourself a Try” marks the 1975’s first original song since 2016’s I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it. Last year, they shared a cover of Sade’s “By Your Side” and a live album (which was recorded at a December 2016 show).

UK rock band the 1975 first teased the follow-up to 2016’s I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it over a year ago, and earlier this month they launched a countdown clock.

Today, they went on Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 show to debut their new single “Give Yourself A Try,” and while they were there the band revealed their bold plans for the next year. They say they’ll be releasing two albums in the next 12 months — the first, called A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships, is due out in October, and another will be released in May 2019. In a separate interview, Healy told Zane Lowe the second album will be called Notes On A Conditional Form.

“It’s not a double album because that would be prog and annoying and I don’t like double albums because I think they’re self-serving,” Matt Healy said during the interview. (The previously teased Music For Cars title seems to have been left behind: “That’s a perfect example of the fact that I change my mind all the time,” he said.)

The album is apparently still not finished, but “Give Yourself A Try” is done, and Healy said that it exemplifies “a tension and an anxiety that’s really present in this record.”

“Won’t you give yourself a try?” Matt Healy sings in the chorus on top of a squealing guitar line. He dives into some (presumably) self-reflection in the second half: “What would you say to your younger self? Growing a beard’s quite hard and whiskey never starts to taste nice/ And you’ll make a lot of money and it’s funny ‘cus you’ll move somewhere sunny and get addicted to drugs/ And spend obscene amounts on **** seeds and beans online.”

Album is very good. Definitely their best and most ambitious. My favourites are I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes), Sincerity Is Scary, It’s Not Living & Give Yourself A Try but honestly the whole album is very strong. The Man Who Married A Robot is both funny and sad